4 files changed, 56 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
index 3daf5ed392c9..2189935075b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
+++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ enum cache_type {
 /**
  * struct cacheinfo - represent a cache leaf node
  * @type: type of the cache - data, inst or unified
- * @level: represents the hierarcy in the multi-level cache
+ * @level: represents the hierarchy in the multi-level cache
  * @coherency_line_size: size of each cache line usually representing
  *	the minimum amount of data that gets transferred from memory
  * @number_of_sets: total number of sets, a set is a collection of cache
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 6558af90c8fe..00ac57c26615 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -196,12 +196,41 @@ extern struct kset *bus_get_kset(struct bus_type *bus);
 extern struct klist *bus_get_device_klist(struct bus_type *bus);
 
 /**
+ * enum probe_type - device driver probe type to try
+ *	Device drivers may opt in for special handling of their
+ *	respective probe routines. This tells the core what to
+ *	expect and prefer.
+ *
+ * @PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Used by drivers that work equally well
+ *	whether probed synchronously or asynchronously.
+ * @PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS: Drivers for "slow" devices which
+ *	probing order is not essential for booting the system may
+ *	opt into executing their probes asynchronously.
+ * @PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS: Use this to annotate drivers that need
+ *	their probe routines to run synchronously with driver and
+ *	device registration (with the exception of -EPROBE_DEFER
+ *	handling - re-probing always ends up being done asynchronously).
+ *
+ * Note that the end goal is to switch the kernel to use asynchronous
+ * probing by default, so annotating drivers with
+ * %PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS is a temporary measure that allows us
+ * to speed up boot process while we are validating the rest of the
+ * drivers.
+ */
+enum probe_type {
+	PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY,
+	PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
+	PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
+};
+
+/**
  * struct device_driver - The basic device driver structure
  * @name:	Name of the device driver.
  * @bus:	The bus which the device of this driver belongs to.
  * @owner:	The module owner.
  * @mod_name:	Used for built-in modules.
  * @suppress_bind_attrs: Disables bind/unbind via sysfs.
+ * @probe_type:	Type of the probe (synchronous or asynchronous) to use.
  * @of_match_table: The open firmware table.
  * @acpi_match_table: The ACPI match table.
  * @probe:	Called to query the existence of a specific device,
@@ -235,6 +264,7 @@ struct device_driver {
 	const char		*mod_name;	/* used for built-in modules */
 
 	bool suppress_bind_attrs;	/* disables bind/unbind via sysfs */
+	enum probe_type probe_type;
 
 	const struct of_device_id	*of_match_table;
 	const struct acpi_device_id	*acpi_match_table;
@@ -975,6 +1005,7 @@ extern int __must_check device_bind_driver(struct device *dev);
 extern void device_release_driver(struct device *dev);
 extern int  __must_check device_attach(struct device *dev);
 extern int __must_check driver_attach(struct device_driver *drv);
+extern void device_initial_probe(struct device *dev);
 extern int __must_check device_reprobe(struct device *dev);
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 255fca74de7d..7ffe0851d244 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ struct module {
 	bool sig_ok;
 #endif
 
+	bool async_probe_requested;
+
 	/* symbols that will be GPL-only in the near future. */
 	const struct kernel_symbol *gpl_future_syms;
 	const unsigned long *gpl_future_crcs;
@@ -508,6 +510,11 @@ int unregister_module_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 
 extern void print_modules(void);
 
+static inline bool module_requested_async_probing(struct module *module)
+{
+	return module && module->async_probe_requested;
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_MODULES... */
 
 /* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables. */
@@ -618,6 +625,12 @@ static inline int unregister_module_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 static inline void print_modules(void)
 {
 }
+
+static inline bool module_requested_async_probing(struct module *module)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 1c9effa25e26..6480dcaca275 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@ static inline void __kernel_param_unlock(void)
 #define core_param(name, var, type, perm)				\
 	param_check_##type(name, &(var));				\
 	__module_param_call("", name, &param_ops_##type, &var, perm, -1, 0)
+
+/**
+ * core_param_unsafe - same as core_param but taints kernel
+ */
+#define core_param_unsafe(name, var, type, perm)		\
+	param_check_##type(name, &(var));				\
+	__module_param_call("", name, &param_ops_##type, &var, perm,	\
+			    -1, KERNEL_PARAM_FL_UNSAFE)
+
 #endif /* !MODULE */
 
 /**
@@ -357,8 +366,9 @@ extern char *parse_args(const char *name,
 		      unsigned num,
 		      s16 level_min,
 		      s16 level_max,
+		      void *arg,
 		      int (*unknown)(char *param, char *val,
-			      const char *doing));
+				     const char *doing, void *arg));
 
 /* Called by module remove. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS